Ralph Poteet High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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Deadlines and stress, more deadlines and more stress — the newspaper staff certainly had their fair share. Hard work and dedication is what it took to put together the four issues of the paper. Making deadline is pretty hard, especially if you ' re not ac- customed to the huge amount of stress thrown on your shoul- ders, freshman staffer Michael Rangel said. Most staffers deep Knee in deadlines thought that when second period ended that was where newspaper ended. But, au contraire mon frere. That was only the beginning. Some members of the staff spent time out of school to work on newspaper to get the real scoop and to learn more about journalism. Working on newspaper has taught me a lot, editor Gabriel- la Maimone said. I ' ve had to learn to depend on myself and to do my work more efficiently. It ' s the only way to survive. (Mlsli Ashley) - . ;liil!ll! U ililli!!! Organization plays a major role in a journalists day. News editor Sandy Scherer checks what ' s in and what ' s not for her section.

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As people editor, MIsti Ashley spent many hours after school and on weekends finishing her section. She inherited the job at midsemester when Rod Washington moved. Editor Janet Brooks reads during the long breaks at UIL competition. She won third place in headline writing, making her eligible for the reglonals. N. TREASURE CHEST STAFF. Row 1 Samia Siddiqui, Encka Wells, Cathy DeBoo, Jennit r Gunn Row 2 Misti Ashley, Came Robinson, Cathy Laughlin, Janet Brooks Row 3 Adviser Marianne Darley. Rod Washington, Dennis Fudge, Jenny Downs ' '

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Cditor-in-chief Gabriella Maimone and staff writer Stace Owens lay out the last issue Room 228 housed a composition room and dark room where students were responsible for composing the entire paper. Idvlser Marianne Darley and Michael Range! sell the second edition of Captain ' s Log during third lunch. The staff typically sold around 300 papers for a quarter each. CAPTAIN ' S LOG STAFF. Row 1 Photo Editor Lisa Moms, Business Manager Fahmida Ali, Managing Editor Niechele Gambill Row 2 Features Editor Cheryl Jones. Advertising Manager Christie Abercrombie, Staff Writer Michael Rangel. Sports Editor Sean Lu|an Row 3 Adviser Marianne Darley. Editor-in-Chie( Gabriella Maimone, Organizations Editor Lisa Covey. Staft Writers Stace Owens and Andy Moore.